Charity profile · Historical source record

Sarah's Circle

EIN 36-3043662Human Services Illinois Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping women rebuild their lives

Sarah's Circle is a non-profit organization with a mission of serving women who are homeless or in need of a safe space. Located in Chicago's Uptown Community, Sarah's Circle has provided support for thousands of women since 1979. Today Sarah's Circle has a Daytime Support Center open to any woman in need, a 50-bed interim housing (shelter) program for women who are currently homeless, and permanent supportive housing for women who have a disabling condition and have been chronically homeless. Across programs Sarah's Circle staff use best practices and provide case management and supportive counseling to help women achieve their goals.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.21Overall score
out of 100

91.50Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,773,691

Total expenses · USD$2,023,629

Program expenses

$1,758,533.60 recorded amount

86.9%

Fundraising expenses

$139,630.40 recorded amount

6.9%

Administrative expenses

$121,417.74 recorded amount

6.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Katherine Ragnar
Recorded compensation: $109,459.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.40%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Sarah's Circle
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Sarah's Circle is a non-profit organization with a mission of serving women who are homeless or in need of a safe space. Located in Chicago's Uptown Community, Sarah's Circle has provided support for thousands of women since 1979. Today Sarah's Circle has a Daytime Support Center open to any woman in need, a 50-bed interim housing (shelter) program for women who are currently homeless, and permanent supportive housing for women who have a disabling condition and have been chronically homeless. Across programs Sarah's Circle staff use best practices and provide case management and supportive counseling to help women achieve their goals.
`ein` EIN	36-3043662
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2023629.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.06
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.069
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8690000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	91.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Katherine Ragnar
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	109459.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.054000000000000006
`motto` Tagline	Helping women rebuild their lives
`name` Charity name	Sarah's Circle
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2773691.0
`score` Overall score	92.21
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Homeless Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1758533.6010000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	139630.401
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	121417.73999999999

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.